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(No Model.)

` A. D. COLE.

ATTACHMENT FOR PREVENTING REFILLING 0F BOTTLES.

No. 571,967. Patented Nov, 24, 1896..'

mwmllpgisuw IIIL ANSON D. COLE, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PATENT EErcE.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO BAROLAY S. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

ATTACHMENT FOR PREVENT! NG .REFILLING OF BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N c. 571,967, datedNovember 24, 1896.

Application filed April 29, 1896. Serial No. 5189.495. (No model.) I

To ctZZ whom. it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ANSON D. COLE, a citizcn of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Preventing Relling of Bottles; and I do hereby declarethe following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as 1o will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to certain improvements, as hereinafter claimed, inthat class of attachments for bottles in which valves are i 5 employedwhich admit of emptying the bottles but prevent the refilling thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which show a suitable embodiment of myinvention, Figure l is a central longitudinal section showzo ing aportion of a bottle having my improvements applied to it with the valveopen or in position for emptying the bottle. Fig. 2 is a View inelevation of the valve guard or protector; Figs. 3 and 4 show,respectively, a top view and a bottom view thereof; and Fig. atransverse section on the line 5 of Fig. 2. Figs. 6 and show,respectively, a top view and a bottom view of the valve.

Any appropriate bottle A, provided with a 3o valve-seat B at the lowerend of its neck C, is provided with a suitable valve D, adapted to fittightly to the seat B. The gravitating valve shown is of invertedtruncated-cone form and hollow or cup-shaped. The bottleneck is providedwith inward projections or lugs a vat a suitable distance above thevalveseat, for a purpose in turn to be explained. The bottle-neck may beth us inwardly lugged in the process of making it, as will be readily 4ounderstood.

The neck of the bottle is of a length such as to adapt it to receive avalve guard or protector E above the valve and a suitable stopper F,such as the ordinary cork, above the protector. This protector, which Iprefer to make of porcelain, is adapted to be permanently secured in thebottle-neck after the bottle is lilled, at a suitable distance above thevalve to allow the valve to move away 5o from its seat or open foremptying the bottle,

and serves to prevent access to the'valve and guard against refillingthe bottle.

The protector, as shown, is constructed with a solid or closed top e,and has a central longitudinal opening orpassagefextending from 5 5 itsclosed top to its lower end and communieating with or intersected bytransverse openings or passages d, passing through the upper portion Eof the protector. This upper portion of the protectoris of less diameterthan 6o its lower or body portion, which is formed with upper and lowershoulders or flanges g g', between which is the groove or recess G. Thelower flange or shoulder g is cut away or provided with notches h,corresponding in number with the lugs ct on the inner surface of thebottle-neck. There may be but one lug on the neck and one notch in thelower flange or shoulder instead of two or more of each, as desired, toserve the purpose farther 7o on to be explained 5 and t-he upper andlower flanges or shoulders of the protector may extend but part wayabout it instead of all the' way, thus providing the peripheral grooveor recess (or `two such grooves or recesses) of less extent than thecircumferen ce of the body of the protector. Feet or lugs k are providedupon the bottom of the valve-protector to constitute checks for limitingthe movement of the valve away from theseat as well as pre- 8oventingthe valve from closing the opening of the protector at its bottom.

In operation the bottle is filled before the valve and its protector areplaced in position. The valve is then dropped in place and the protectorsecured in position as follows: Suitable cement or plastic materialwhich will harden after application (Portland cement answers the purposewell) is properly applied about the valve-protector in its groove or re-9o cess and the protector inserted by the aid of a suitable instrumentinto the bottle-neck and pushed down, so that the notches in the lowerflange or shoulder register with the lugs on the bottle-neck and allowthe lugs to enter to the protector-groove- The protector is then given apartial turn and pressed down until the lugs come in contact with theupper flange of the protector out of alinement with the notches in thelower flange. Upon roo hardening or setting` of the cement the protectorbecomes rigidly and inseparably secured in place. It will be understoodthat when the cork is removed and the bottle turned to empty it thevalve moves away from its seat toward the valve-protector,from which itis offset by the feet or checks, so that the liquid in the bottle maypass through the protector-passages and .out by the reduced upperportion of the protector. As will readily be seen, the peculiarconstruction of the protector, in connection With the internallyluggedneck of the bottle, provides for a most secure interlocking of theprotector with the bottle-neck, as the cementing material fills thegroove below and on opposite sides of the lugs of the neck.

I do not Wish to be understood as confining my improvements totheprecise details of construction shoWn and above specificallydescribed, as some modifications may be made While still retaining novelfeatures of my invention. For instance, the checks for limiting movementof the valve may be upon the valve itself instead of upon the protector,and the number of transverse passages of the liquid-outlet in theprotector may be varied, as desired; or, instead of the longitudinalpassage and series of communicating passages lateral thereto, a suitableliquid outlet through the protector may be constituted by an inclined orangular passage extending from the bottom of the protector out at theside of its top portion, as will readily be understood, the upper andlower portions of such outlet constituting the equivalent of thebefore-described and preferred longitudinal and lateral passages, whichtogether make up a liquidoutlet extending from the bottom out at theside of the protector.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a bottle having avalve-seat and internally-lugged neck, of the valve, and thevalve-protector adapted to be permanently cemented in the bottle-neckand provided with a recessed or grooved periphery and notched andunnotched shoulders or anges, a closed top, and the liquid-outletextending from the bottom out at the side beneath the closedtop,substantially as set forth.

2. The valve-protector for non refillable bottles, having the peripheralgroove or recess, the shoulder or flange above said groove, the notchedshoulder or iiange beneath said groove, and the liquid-outlet extendingfrom the bottomfout at the side above the groove, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The valve-protector for nonreiillable bottles,havin g the peripheralgroove or recess, the shoulder or iange above said groove, the notchedshoulder or flange beneath said groove, the communicating longitudinaland transverse passages, the reduced upper portion and the closed top,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

' ANSON D. COLE.

Vitnesses:

BARCLAY S. SMITH, BLANCHE R. DOBBINS.

